3.7% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bega · State Electorate
Language in Bega
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 3.7% of people in Bega use a language other than English at home, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and the community's language profile has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 89.2% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (0.4%), a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.
0.4% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10009/bega/topic/language